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Gallup—Outlook poll in Pakistan
53% See India As Enemy
But there are more Pakistanis now than before who are willing to accept the conversion of the LoC into an international border—as a solution to the Kashmir problem
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GALLUP-OUTLOOK POLL 
Pakistan: 53% See India As Enemy
The relationship between India and Pakistan constantly waxes and wanes, now raising hopes of an enduring peace and then promptly dashing it. It was in August 2003 that Outlook first commissioned an opinion poll in Pakistan. Soon thereafter, in January 2004, India and Pakistan initiated the peace process. Now cracks appear anew. Has all this changed attitudes in Pakistan about India? Outlook commissioned Gallup Pakistan, an affiliate of Gallup International, to conduct an opinion poll in 13 cities there. As expected, attitudes towards India have remained more or less as they were in 2003, except on one significant count: there are more Pakistanis now than before who are willing to accept the conversion of the LoC into an international border—as a solution to the Kashmir problem.
You see India as...
  Rival Friend Enemy
  28 19 53
The US is closer to... 
  Pakistan India Equidistant
20 50 29
Would you accept converting the LoC into an international border as a solution to the Kashmir problem?
  Yes No DK/CS
July 2006 41 58 1
August 2003 29 69 2
Do you think the Kashmir problem can be resolved in your lifetime?
Yes No DK/CS
ALL 36 61 3
< 29 years 39 57 4
30- 49 years 34 63 3
50 > years 34 65 1
Do you think India will ever part with Kashmir?
  Yes No DK/CS
  29 70 1
Is India correct in blaming Pakistan for exporting terrorism to India?
  Yes No DK/CS
  11 89 0



“Solve Kashmir First”
Which is the best way to resolve the Kashmir issue?
July 
2006		 Aug 
2003 		 Jul 
2001 		 Jun 
2001 
Bilaterally 39 43 47 38
UN-brokered 27 26 22 23
US-brokered 15 12 Option not in the survey
War 18 17 23 30
Others - - 4 6
No response 1 6 3 3
Aug 2003:  After new moves for an Indo-Pak dialogue
Jul 2001: Shortly after Pervez Musharraf’s Agra visit
Jun 2001: Shortly before Musharraf’s Agra visit


What are the chances of war between India and Pakistan?
Jul 
2006		 Aug 
2003 		 Jan 
2003 		 Jan 
2002 
High chance 11 6 37 32
Moderate chance 44 44 55 53
Low chance 44 47 8 14
DK/CS 1 3 - 1
Aug 2003: Border tensions had eased. New initiatives on dialogues had set in.
Jan 2003: Tension on the Indo-Pak border continuing
Jan 2002: Tension on the border; deployment of Indian troops
Is it necessary to first resolve the Kashmir issue for peaceful Indo-Pak relations ?
  Yes No DK/CS
  76 23 1



The Bus Ride Has Helped
Under which Prime Minister were Indo-Pak relations better?
  Manmohan Singh A.B. Vajpayee DK/CS
  60 34 6
Should Pakistan have trade relations with India?
  Yes No DK/CS
  60 39 1
Has people-to-people contact (bus links etc) over the last two years helped relations between India and Pakistan?
  Yes No DK/CS
  55 44 1
What impresses you most about India?
Impressed Not  
Impressed		 Neutral DK/CS
Democracy 26 40 20 14
Military 17 54 16 13
Economy 24 40 22 14
Culture 20 53 14 13
Secularism 12 56 11 21
Methodology
The survey was conducted by Gallup Pakistan among 1,200 statistically selected households in 13 cities—Islamabad/ Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Sukkru, Hyderabad, Multan, Faisalabad, Gujrat, Sahiwal, Sargodha and Mardan. Face-to-face interviews were conducted on July 23 and 24 with both men and women. The sample represented a cross-section of various income and education segments of the population. There may be an error margin of plus/minus 3-4% at 95% confidence level.
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Aug 12, 2006 12:00 AM
1
another one of those fake outlook polls... this time possibly as a damage control exercise in an attempt to sooth tempers that might have been sent flying by the outraegous pro paki pieces of crap by SNB...

bhushan
richmond, United States
Aug 13, 2006 12:00 AM
2
Only the diehard Pakistan and muslim phils are
obsessed with this country. Pakistan is a country universally suspect and disliked. There are lots of countries India can get closer to.

But its seems that Outlook and some others are
madly in love with our disreputable neighbour.
Poor taste and a disastrous absence of good values.

What next. Shall we make friends with the Taliban.
lalit bagai
kalundborg, Brazil
Aug 13, 2006 12:00 AM
3

http://timesofindia.ind...articleshow/1888968.cms


"I salute the Muslim who tipped British police about the terror plot. I have been telling fellow Muslims here to watch out for the black sheep who bring infamy to the whole community," said Maulana Athar Ali of Majlis-e-Shoora, a socio-religious body.

"Islam discourages killing innocents and any conspiracy for such heinous crime should be disclosed and the conspirators handed over to the authorities," added Maulana Athar, who was part of a delegation of prominent Muslims that met police commissioner A N Roy on Thursday.
fine
delhi, India
Aug 13, 2006 12:00 AM
4
""I salute the Muslim who tipped British police about the terror plot"

Why is that an Indian Muslim never tips the Indian Police about terror plots in India?

Terrorists can't operate withoult local Logistical, Financial and moral support.
shankar
Mumbai, India
Aug 13, 2006 12:00 AM
5
Maulana Mehmood Daryabadi says that Muslims have to be careful and inform the authorities if they see any suspicious behaviour of anyone. Significantly, the community has sought the services of imams of different mosques to reiterate love for the country and prevent any possible radicalisation among the youth.

This is the kind of thing we need to see more and more throughout the country, especially in our bigger cities.
Ghulam Y Faruki
New York, United States
Aug 13, 2006 12:00 AM
6
Alas our govt is still trying to better relations with Pakistan. A good enemy is far better than a bad neighbour. At least pakistani people are honest enough to acknowledge their bitterness. Here we welcome their ghazal singers & even patronise vulgar jokes.
bull
Ludhiana, India
Aug 13, 2006 12:00 AM
7
53% told the truth. The 40% lied. The rest" India? What kind of a gun is that?"
Ganesan
Nj, USA
Aug 13, 2006 12:00 AM
8
Rise in popular support for Congress and UPA.

(one can expect a chorus of, "Oh, another of those Hindu-CNN-IBN polls!)


http://tinyurl.com/greqg
Ghulam Y Faruki
New York, United States
Aug 13, 2006 12:00 AM
9

http://tinyurl.com/edlul
Ghulam Y Faruki
New York, United States
Aug 13, 2006 12:00 AM
10
Well, there are bound to be voices of dissent. Majority of people say that they are in a worse off situation now than two years ago.

So it is somewhat incongruent that the "popularity" of this Govt should be on the rise.

Anyway, let that not dampen the celebrations.
Chanakya
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Aug 13, 2006 12:00 AM
11
I hope the congress disregards the opinion poll for its own sake. NDA paid a heavy price for taking it too seriously.
Ganesan
Nj, USA
Aug 14, 2006 12:00 AM
12
89% did not believe pakistan exported terrorism
12% not impressed with India's secularism

What lolo land is pakistan? Beheaders and limb amputators trying to teach us what is secularism.
Swaminathan
Chennai, India
Aug 14, 2006 12:00 AM
13
Read ONLY 12% impressed with India's secularism in my previous post.
Swaminathan
Chennai, India
Aug 14, 2006 12:00 AM
14
Come on Congress... Opinion polls says it all, You are back in action in India. Go ahead and dissolve the parliament and get a fresh man-date. With a better man-date ruining the country will become much easier and faster without the head-aches from Commies and other regional pricks.
Narayan
Zurich, Switzerland
Aug 15, 2006 12:00 AM
15
Mr.Ghulam: "Muslims have to be careful and inform the authorities if they see any suspicious behaviour of anyone..." You mean like innocent Hindus passing by?
Adi
XXXXX, USA
Aug 15, 2006 12:00 AM
16
Adi :

>> "You mean like innocent Hindus passing by?"

Why? Is their behavior suspicious?

Ghulam Y Faruki
New York, United States
Aug 16, 2006 12:00 AM
17
The root cause of the problem were and are the fundamentalists.From Aurangzeb to LET, it is a 100% fundamentalist created problem. If the Muslim society banishes these merchants of hatred and death - all these tears will finally get a chance to dry.However, till such time as (and if) this introspection in the society as a whole and not just in some enlightened individuals occurs, we Indians are best advised to think of Pakistan as our enemy and proactively attack and destroy the LET,etc which are always conspiring to hurt us.This is in our prime national interest.Cricket matches, talks with hypocrites like Musharraf,Shaukat Aziz and the like and believing them is foolishness in the extreme.Jai Hind.
Azeem Taqi
Nashville, United States
Aug 16, 2006 12:00 AM
18
Faruqi,s comments and his defending Pakistanis is patently incorrect.I, a 100% die hard Indian, am living proof that India is a secular country and that I am an equal citizen.Agreed there are wrongs on occasions but tell me Farooqui, where on Earth will you find Heaven? Besides even a cursory observation will show that Indian Muslims are doing far better than Pakistani Hindus.If this is not proof, what is?
Azeem Taqi
Nashville, United States
Aug 16, 2006 12:00 AM
19
Azeem Taqi says,

>> "Faruqi,s comments and his defending Pakistanis is patently incorrect. I, a 100% die hard Indian, am living proof that India is a secular country ..."

I do not think I have defended any of Pakistan's policies at any time. If you are referring to my comment (agreeing with an article by Saba) that an ordinary Pakistani in the street is more like than unlike an ordinary Indian in the street, I shall plead guilty to that charge. But my comment could not be construed by any stretch of imagination as supporting any of Pakistan's policies.

>> "...Indian Muslims are doing far better than Pakistani Hindus"

Does not take an Einstein to agree to that. I wonder if you read my posts at all. If you are recommending to me that all I should write about in this forum is how patriotic an Indian I am, and how wonderful everything is in India, how Indian Muslims should be eternally grateful to the Indian government, and how passionately I hate everything that is Pakistani, would I then be a better citizen?
Ghulam Y Faruki
New York, United States
Aug 17, 2006 12:00 AM
20
Faruki writes "If you are recommending to me that all I should write about in this forum is how patriotic an Indian I am, and how wonderful everything is in India, how Indian Muslims should be eternally grateful to the Indian government, and how passionately I hate everything that is Pakistani, would I then be a better citizen? "

Well, unfortunately Faruki, muslims across the world, irrespective of their nationality and their place of living, have been universal "champion whiners" (to borrow a phrase from Gavaskar). They never tire of bellowing "Islam is under threat" and "THEY attack US", irrespective of whether th muslims live in Palestine, Pakistan, US or UK. The THEY being the West and US being the muslims. Wherever they are and live, they always complain about being "marginalized", "oppressed", "sidelined" and what not and end up being terrorists, or atleast roadside hoodlums as in Australia, where I live. Why is it that other communities like Hindu and Sikh Indians, Chinese fare much better and have much better education and employment figures in Western countries when they are being given the same rights as muslims or for that matter the Westerners themselves ? Now, would those Hindu Indians, Sikhs and Chinese are considered "better citizens" by the locals in US, UK, Canada and Australia, can the locals be blamed ?
Ramkumar
Chennai, India
Aug 17, 2006 12:00 AM
21
Swaminathan

Muslims are not impressed by Denmark, where they live in a style far better ten they back home.

They send their kids back home for reeducation.
Will full girls are subjected to honour killings.

Pakis are the most devoted of all muslims. They
play a leading role in terrorism right round the globe. They are the most anti US and West whilst shamelessly collecting aid from all.

However I consider it encourageing that about 20 % are positive on India. I dont think there are so many in India who are positive on Pakistan.

or so
lalit bagai
kalundborg, Brazil
Aug 17, 2006 12:00 AM
22
Ramkumar,

It is true that Muslims have a long way to go before they can be called full and equal participants in our modern, multiethnic world. They cannot long escape the changes that they have to make in their way of being in this world, changes such as equal rights for minorities in Muslim majority countries, adoption of democratic principles, tolerance of and respect for other religions, eschewal of violence, emancipation of women, upholding of human rights, absence of discrimnation, separation of religion from government, less literalism in religious practises and relegation of religion to a more private space. Even though the task is huge and the goal is distant, these principles should be upheld vociferously and repeatedly as being the sine qua non of being civilized. It is sad that if some Muslim advocates these principles, he is right away branded as a phony in this forum as well as elsewhere, with the admonishment that Islam is not capable of reform, something that could unfortunately become a self-fulfilling prophesy. Other Abrahamic and non-Abrahamic relgions with seemingly rigid scriptures have been able to adapt and reinterpret in order to move forward, and so will Muslims, however impossible it may seem today.
Ghulam Y Faruki
New York, United States
Aug 17, 2006 12:00 AM
23
I dont think that muslims can see Pakistan as an enemy. After all Pakistani,s are muslim brothers, and even more so because they are so similar. Musharaff, Zia and Abdul Quader Khan
are some of the most well known. And of cource
Mr Jinnah, who was born in Gujerat, and preseumably spoke Gujerati and not Pashto.

And frankly religion and ethnicity are important in deteremineing patriotism . Hindus liveing in
USA and Britain are fond of these countries,
are comfortable with the culture, but from that
to patriotism is big step.

Frankly really careing for India excludes most
muslims and many christians. These people have
rejected their past, and worship new gods. Nothing wrong with this, but then you are not the same as Hindus,.who have stayed in the family.

One can not ride two horses at the same time, or serve two masters. This is painfully clear with regards to the muslim and perhaps Hindu diaspora as well. The muslims find it hard to accept their new countries, and some have nothing against blowing up their fellow citizens.

To me this is the honest truth. Lets not fib about reality,
lalit bagai
kalundborg, Brazil
Aug 18, 2006 12:00 AM
24


Muslims proclaim a universal muslim brotherhood.
Muslims sitting in Kokatta, Dacca, or Delhi have a great family feeling which they demonstrate
every once in a while.

Zia Ul Haq was educated in St Stephens College.
But he was a muslim fundamentalist to his core.
Same goes for Musharaff. Dr Khan was born in Bhopal and he migrated to Pakistan after he had lived in India as a teenager.

Why should muslims in India be different from those in Pakistan. Visit any muslim mohalla, and see for yourself.

Dont keep on with your insane dirge that muslims in India are fine fellows who love India. Muslims who have lived in Britain or France do not love these countries. In fact they hate them.

Evidence is available all around. Tasleema Nasreen once spoke in Copenhagen.It was straight
talk.

I am entitled to believe in Hindutwa, and we should not forget our religion , even if it irks you. It is you who is in the minority amongst Hindus. Everyone has told you so.
But you are all srewed up. Dont bother us here.
And the USA is in a war with your muslim chums. You are in the wrong place at the wrong time.
lalit bagai
kalundborg, Brazil
Aug 18, 2006 12:00 AM
25
Bagai says,

>> " It is you who is in the minority amongst Hindus. Everyone has told you so.
But you are all screwed up. Dont bother us here"

I thought this gem deserved reposting.
Ghulam Y Faruki
New York, United States
Aug 18, 2006 12:00 AM
26
On Pakistan - GREAT piece by Benazir Bhutto.


http://www.hindu.com/20...es/2006081805591100.htm


She specifically mentions the mushrooming of political madrassas.
Sundari
Chennai, India
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